A health care reform usually leads both a doctor and a patient to think about a drastic rethink or an overhaul of the entire medical system. It goes without saying that these changes are designed to solve at least a portion of the problems that are plaguing the system at the time of the reform, and sometimes things don’t really pan out the way that they should as described at WebMedTalk. There have been many reforms in the medical sector over the years, however none was as drastic, as controversial or as amply discussed as Obama Care.

Obama Care, the reform that brought the health system to its knees.

The basic idea behind Obama Care is simple. Make healthcare affordable for the masses and get rid of some of the harsh terms and conditions that health insurance comes with. That is a good thing if you think about it, because until Obama Care, things were a little shaken to say the least.

First off, if you were a woman, you would actually be paying more for your insurance than a man, and if you made a mistake somewhere along the line, you could be sent home in the middle of your medical treatment, and an average doctor could easily make you not only dish out the money for your treatments yourself, but also cover all the medical expenses out of your own pocket as a result of that.

Getting rid of that is a good thing, the bad thing is when you look at what is needed in order to do so. First of all, the government actually took over a big chunk of the expenses, meaning that people could also apply for treatment even though there was no need for it, and so the hospitals found themselves in a precarious situation, overcrowded and understaffed, not to mention the fact that the insurance premiums suddenly went down, meaning that the expenses were not actually being correctly covered, leaving a lot of doctors and members of health administration boards from all over the country in a very difficult situation.

The aftermath of Obama Care health reform.

In a short amount of time after this reform, the United States government found itself paying more and more money in order to cover the growing number of insurance policies that they were covering. Indeed, the medical sector is among the most expensive ones out there, and rightfully so, it takes a lot of time and a lot of resources to train a person and educate him or her in order to make sure that they will activate at optimum efficiency in the medical field, therefore the costs have risen and the sums that were being paid have increased, leaving the federal reserve in a more or less fragile state.

Like most reform ideas, they sound great on paper, however things can go out of control rather quickly when they are put into action, and when it comes to covering doctor fees and health insurance, it is best to test it out thoroughly and limit the reform rather than implement it straight away.